Gender and education
- How can the Afghan government encourage girls’ education?
- J. Kirk ; R. Winthrop / Journal of Education for International Development, 2006
- This paper describes a home-based schooling program in Afghanistan that provides primary education for children in the Kabul, Paktia, Logar and Nangahar Provinces. The program is particularly interesting in a country wracked by decade...
- Gender inequalities in the delivery of education
- Oxfam, 2005
- This paper discusses the content and delivery of education and how it can reflect and reproduce gender inequalities. The paper discusses how girls’ and boys’ learning and interaction with each other, and the teacher, are inf...
- Promoting gender equality in budgeting for education
- Oxfam, 2005
- Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is an attempt to ensure that gender-related issues are considered and addressed in all government policies. This paper uses the GRB approach to explain how governments and donors can promote gender eq...
- Promoting gender in adult basic education
- Oxfam, 2005
- This paper argues that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) do not directly address the issue of adult basic education and literacy, in spite of these being essential for achieving the Millennium targets. It explores the potential ...
- Promoting female participation in higher education in Uganda, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and South Africa
- L. Morley / Education Sector, UNESCO, 2004
- This paper, presented at the 2004 Colloquium on Research and Higher Education Policy, is part of a larger research programme examining interventions for gender equity in relation to access, staff development and curriculum transformat...
- How can we make the gender parity in education MDG a reality?
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2002
- This paper highlights the importance of, and methods for, achieving the Millennium Development Goal to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education. The paper emphasises that educating girls is particularly important ...
- UNICEF's state of the world's children report for 2005
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2005
- This year’s report analyses the violations of children’s rights, focusing on the three areas of childhood poverty; conflict; and HIV/AIDS. The report finds that millions of children are severely deprived of nutrition,...
- Assessing the determinants for women’s contributions to Kerala’s contemporary society
- M. Eapen; P. Kodoth / Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2002
- Literacy, together with non-domestic employment, which gave women access to independent sources of income, have been regarded as important indicators of women’s "status", which affected fertility and mortality outcomes. Since wom...
- Successful strategies in improving girls' education in Africa
- E. Kane / World Bank, 2004
- This paper focuses on examining strategies that have worked to increase girls’ education in Africa. It highlights international examples, and also discusses what hasn’t worked, as well as making recommendations to various in...
- Ghanaian women's land ownership and education rising with increasing roles in cocoa farming
- A. Quisumbing; E. Payongayong; K. Otsuka / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004
- This study attempts to analyse changing patterns of land transfers and schooling investments by gender over three generations in customary land areas of Ghana's Western Region. The authors find: that although tra...
- Gender inequalities in the delivery of education
- Oxfam, 2005
- This paper discusses the content and delivery of education and how it can reflect and reproduce gender inequalities. The paper discusses how girls’ and boys’ learning and interaction with each other, and the teacher, are inf...
- Promoting gender equality in budgeting for education
- Oxfam, 2005
- Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is an attempt to ensure that gender-related issues are considered and addressed in all government policies. This paper uses the GRB approach to explain how governments and donors can promote gender eq...
- Promoting gender in adult basic education
- Oxfam, 2005
- This paper argues that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) do not directly address the issue of adult basic education and literacy, in spite of these being essential for achieving the Millennium targets. It explores the potential ...
- Promoting female participation in higher education in Uganda, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and South Africa
- L. Morley / Education Sector, UNESCO, 2004
- This paper, presented at the 2004 Colloquium on Research and Higher Education Policy, is part of a larger research programme examining interventions for gender equity in relation to access, staff development and curriculum transformat...
- How can we make the gender parity in education MDG a reality?
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2002
- This paper highlights the importance of, and methods for, achieving the Millennium Development Goal to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education. The paper emphasises that educating girls is particularly important ...
- UNICEF's state of the world's children report for 2005
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2005
- This year’s report analyses the violations of children’s rights, focusing on the three areas of childhood poverty; conflict; and HIV/AIDS. The report finds that millions of children are severely deprived of nutrition,...
- Assessing the determinants for women’s contributions to Kerala’s contemporary society
- M. Eapen; P. Kodoth / Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2002
- Literacy, together with non-domestic employment, which gave women access to independent sources of income, have been regarded as important indicators of women’s "status", which affected fertility and mortality outcomes. Since wom...
- Successful strategies in improving girls' education in Africa
- E. Kane / World Bank, 2004
- This paper focuses on examining strategies that have worked to increase girls’ education in Africa. It highlights international examples, and also discusses what hasn’t worked, as well as making recommendations to various in...
- Ghanaian women's land ownership and education rising with increasing roles in cocoa farming
- A. Quisumbing; E. Payongayong; K. Otsuka / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004
- This study attempts to analyse changing patterns of land transfers and schooling investments by gender over three generations in customary land areas of Ghana's Western Region. The authors find: that although tra...
- What factors affect the decision to send a child to school?
- U. Jayachandran / Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, India, 2002
- This paper investigates the effects of socio-economic variables on school attendance in India, using district-level Census data from 1981 and 1991. Variables considered included parental education, adult female work participation rate...
- Middle East Youth Initiative
- The initiative blends activities in an attempt to bridge the divide between thinkers and practitioners by utilising robust research as a foundation for effective policy and programs. The initiative has three complementary pillars: Research and Policy The initiateive aims to advance understanding of economic and social issues to promote solutions for the in...
